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Although I don't believe in God, Bach's music shows me what a love of God must feel like.
Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us.
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